Light and Heavy Vehicle TechnologyLight and Heavy Vehicle Technology, Fourth Edition, provides a complete text and reference to the design, construction and operation of the many and varied components of modern motor vehicles, including the knowledge needed to service and repair them. This book provides incomparable coverage of both cars and heavier vehicles, featuring over 1000 illustrations. This new edition has been brought fully up to date with modern practices and designs, whilst maintaining the information needed to deal with older vehicles. Two entirely new sections of the book provide a topical introduction to alternative power sources and fuels, and battery-electric, hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles. More information on the latest developments in fuel injection, diesel engines and transmissions has also been added. An expanded list of technical abbreviations now contains over 200 entries – a useful resource for professional technicians in their day-to-day work. This book is an essential textbook for all students of automotive engineering, particularly on IMI / C&G 4000 series and BTEC courses and provides all the underpinning knowledge required for NVQs to level 3. By bridging the gap between basic and more advanced treatments of the subject, it also acts as a useful source of information for experienced technicians and technically minded motorists, and will help them to improve their knowledge and skills. |
Contents
1 The reciprocating piston petrol engine | 1 |
2 The diesel engine | 71 |
3 Combustion chambers and processes | 86 |
4
Engine lubrication | 100 |
5
Engine cooling vehicle heating and air conditioning | 124 |
6
Carburation and fuel injection | 156 |
7
Intake and exhaust systems | 183 |
8
Diesel fuel injection systems | 193 |
18
Overdrive gears | 371 |
19
Drive lines | 379 |
20
Final drives and rear axles | 403 |
21
Fourwheeldrive systems | 431 |
22
Tyres road wheels and hubs | 442 |
23 Suspension systems | 461 |
24
Manual steering | 496 |
25
Powerassisted steering | 521 |
9
Forced induction | 223 |
10
Ignition and starter systems | 232 |
11
Engine emission control | 255 |
12
Rotary piston engine | 261 |
13
Friction clutches | 265 |
14
Layshaft gearboxes | 288 |
15
Fluid couplings and torque converters | 317 |
16
Epicyclic gearboxes | 326 |
17
Semiautomatic and automatic transmissions | 340 |
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Common terms and phrases
actuator adjustment angle application arrangement assembly automatic automatic transmission basic brake system camshaft carburettor centre clearance clutch coil combustion chamber commercial vehicles compression connection construction control system control valve coolant cooling crankcase crankshaft crown wheel cylinder head damper diaphragm diesel engine disc disc brake dog clutch effect electrical electronic control electronic control unit engine speed epicyclic epicyclic gear exhaust valve Figure final drive flow fluid force friction fuel injection gear gearbox gearset heat heavy vehicles hydraulic ignition increased injector inlet installation intake joint later lever lubrication mechanism modern mounted movement operation pedal petrol engine pinion piston pivot plate plug plunger port pressure propeller shaft pump radiator rear wheels reduced ring roller rotation rubber seal Section sensor servo shoe sliding spring loading steering surface suspension synchromesh tappet temperature throttle tion torque converter torsional transaxle transmission turbocharger tyre unit vibration